HARPORHYN CHITS 
CINEREUS. 
CINEREOUS THRUSH. 
UARPORHYNCHUS CINEREUS. Xantus. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. (1859), p. 298. 
Baird. Ib., p. 303. Id., Rev. N. Am. Birds, p. 46. 
The Cinereous Tlirusb is one of the novelties which rewarded Mr. Xantus’s researches at Cape St. Lucas, in Lower California. It 
resembles very closely the Mountain Mocking Bird (Oroscoptes Montanus), but is somewhat larger and rather differently marked. 
All we know of its habits and economy is contained in the following short account given by Mr. Xantus : 
“ This species is very abundant at the Cape, and its nests are found among the cactuses in large numbers. The eggs resemble 
those of the Mocking Birds much more than those of the rest of the genus.” 
Upper parts cinereous brown, rufous on the rump. Primaries darker brown than the back. Under parts pale yellowish white, 
changing to a buff on the under tail coverts. Breast and sides thickly marked rvith blackish broAvn sagittate spots, these somewhat 
lengthened on the sides. Tail dark brown, the lateral feathers tipped with white. Tavo narrow indistinct bands of Avhite on the 
wings. Bill and feet brownish black. 
The figures are life-size. 
